Pakistan
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- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- April 12, 1973. Suspended and reintroduced several times, last on December 15, 2007. Amended last on April 19, 2010.
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- common law adapted to the Islamic state
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, heads appointed by the president; Federal Islamic Court
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Hindu and Christian minorities
From the country
- MARCH 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Ferozewala Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Nawaz Dar sentenced Mubashir, alias Bashiri, to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing Muhammad Mehboob Ayub of Cheecho Kee Maliyaan over a minor issue in 2003.
- MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR KIDNAPPING
in Sargodha, Pakistan, anti-terrorism court Judge Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced Abid Ali to death for kidnapping and murdering Muhammad Ismail...
- MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MOVE TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE TO BE RESISTED
in Pakistan, Jamaat e Islami secretary general Liaquat Baloch said the JI would resist every move to abolish death sentence.
MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MINORITY MINISTER KILLED
Pakistan's religious minority minister, the Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti, has been killed in Islamabad
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, FINE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram sentenced Muhammad Shabbir to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for stabbing Muhammad Ashraf to death over a minor domestic dispute on August 1, 2009.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE
in Attock, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions Judge of Fatehjang sentenced Mumraiz Khan to death and fined him Rs200,000 in a murder case.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Kasur District and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmad Gajana sentenced Muhammad Saleem to death and fined him Rs 160,000 for killing Muhammad Asif over a minor issue in Cheena Ottar village in 2008, under Kot Radha Kishan police station.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 GET DEATH ON 2 COUNTS IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Jawadul Hassan sentenced Muhammad Din...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEING KEPT IN DEATH CELLS IN VIOLATION OF RULES
despite the passage of four months, the Prison Department of Khyber...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE PAKISTANIS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Catherine Bamugemereire of the Ugandan High Court sentenced Pakistani nationals Ahmed Naveed, 28, Hussein Muzaffar...
- FEBRUARY 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Upper Dir District and Sessions Judge Sardar Mohammad Irshad sentenced Abdul Hakim of Serai Bandai Khwar to death for the honour killing of his brother's wife Saleema Bibi in 2009
FEBRUARY 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MUMBAI ATTACK
an appeals court in India confirmed the conviction and death sentence for the only surviving